Art is good for your health… creativity is making you a healthier and a happier person.

I attend a creative activity (drawing, painting and using different techniques) workshop once a week. By learning different techniques, drawing or painting out of my imagination or according to a picture… either way, it’s stress relieving and a way to practice mindfulness because I don’t think of anything else. My problems are left out the door… or they are expressed in an all different manner.

An other way of being healthy through art is to visit a museum. It can change your thoughts, your feelings. Simply the act of viewing art gives pleasure, much like falling in love found Professor Semir Zeki, a neurobiologist at the University College London. Brain scans revealed that looking at works of art triggers a surge of dopamine in the same area of the brain that registers romantic love.(Ref)

Here are 6 reasons why imagination, creativity and self expression are good for you, for your health!

Lower stress :

Drawing, painting, sculpting, photography are hobbies that can lower your stress level and leave you feeling mentally clear and calm.